Staff Weekly Update
Week of May 20th, 2019
If you can believe it, this will be our LAST Staff Weekly Update (SWU) of the school year! It's truly gone so fast!
After the May 20th SWU, you will start to receive the following modes of communication from Martha and me:
- Emails
- Summer Updates (using SMORE, just like our SW-Updates)
- Remind Texts - only if I need to quickly share important information with all of you.
Please be sure to read this SWU thoroughly, as I have added several new pieces of information and reminders. Thanks and let's enjoy this last full week with our students!
With much respect,
Connie
Calendar Items - the last six days of school! (BOLDED items = new calendar events that have been added)
Mon. May 20th
- ***BLACKOUT WEEK - NO SPECIAL EVENTS***
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- Janelle Drisko at SGE - all day
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:30 - 10:30 - Melanie Bowlin at SGE
- 10:30 - Largent in lunch w/ 2nd graders
- 11:00 - Phone Conf. w/ 1st grade parent - Largent, Andries, Clare, Wetzel - conf. room
- 12:15 - 3rd Grade - IMI Presentations
- 1:15 - ZTEP Meeting w/ Academic Services - conf. room
- 2:00 - Second Step Mtg w/ Largent, Farley, Wetzel & Academic Services - conf. room
- 2:45 - Largent helps w/ Literacy Coach Interviews, Day 1 of 2 - PVE (leaving SGE at 2:15)
Tues. May 21st
- ***BLACKOUT WEEK - NO SPECIAL EVENTS***
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- 8:00 - SPED Phone Conf. re: 3rd grader - Farley, Watson, Brizzolara - conf. room
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 11:35 - ZeekSquad w/ Kyle Beimfohr
- 1:00 - USS Team Mtg. w/ Dr. Slonaker - conf. room
- 2:40 - Gr. Level Collaboration Mtg. w/ Kyle Beimfohr - 3rd & 4th Grades
- 2:45 - SPED Phone Conf. re: 4th grader - Watson, Farley, & Brown
- 4:00 - District Discussion Mtg. - ESC
Wed. May 22nd
- ***BLACKOUT WEEK - NO SPECIAL EVENTS***
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- 8:00 - SPED Phone Conf. re: 3rd grader - Watson & Farley
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:15 - SPED Phone conf. re: 3rd grader - Watson, Farley, Frobig - conf. room
- 8:15 - 12:30 - Randee Kleeman at SGE
- 10:30 - SPED Phone conf. re: 4th grader - Largent, Watson, Brown
- 2:45 - Largent helps w/ Literacy Coach Interviews, Day 2 of 2 - PVE (leaving SGE at 2:15)
- 6:30 - PTO End-of-the-Year Party - Trisha Benner's House
Thurs. May 23rd
- ***BLACKOUT WEEK - NO SPECIAL EVENTS***
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:30 - Counseling Lesson w/ 1st grade group - Wetzel
- 10:15 - 2:00 - Randee Kleeman at SGE
- 11:00 - K-Bound Transition CC - Largent & Andries - ZWEST
- 12:45 - Counseling Lesson w/ 4th grade group - Wetzel
- 1:00 - Meeting w/ Rooney Foundation - Largent & Farley - conf. room
- 1:45 - Zones of Regulation Group - Wetzel
- 3:15 - SPED Phone Conf. re: 4th grader - Watson, Wetzel, Milam
Fri. May 24th
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM DUBOIS!
- End of 4th Quarter
- ***BLACKOUT WEEK - NO SPECIAL EVENTS***
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 1:45 - 4th Grade Graduation Practice
Mon. May 27th
- NO SCHOOL - HAVE A *WONDERFUL* MEMORIAL DAY!
Tues. May 28th
- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
- Aimsweb - 5/6 to 5/24
- 8:05 - AM Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 12:30 - 2:00 - 4th Gr. Graduation + 4th Grade's Final Hallway Walk
- 3:00 - End-of-Year Party hosted by Rhonda Munz
Wed. May 29th
- 7:40 - 11:00 - TEACHER RECORD DAY
Weekly Absence At-A-Glance
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
SGE Playground - Summer Usage by Eagle Rec:
Below are the dates/times that our SGE Playground will be CLOSED due to usage by Eagle Rec and Preschool. We have already notified the Stonegate HOA.
- K-6 camp - Tuesday/Thursday – 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm – entire playground
- Preschool camp – Fridays – 9:30-11: 30 am - fenced in playground
- (on the Fridays we have inclement weather, Preschool will use the gym during this time)
Custodial Cleaning Schedule—please note these dates are subject to change!
- All of our Marquis folks will be working in teams this summer similar to what we’ve done in the past. Most of the summer everyone will be assigned to a first shift scenario, with a few exceptions to cover rentals, etc.
- WHEN WILL SGE GET CLEANED THIS SUMMER? --> July 8-July 12 - Team Charles at SGE. During this week, please do not enter the building.
Important Summer + Back-to-School Dates: (more details will come later in the summer)
May 28th – June 21st - Office Summer Hours from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- June 7th - Jen Evans' last day
- June 24th – July 26th - OFFICE CLOSED
- June 27th - Last day for Connie, Martha & Angie
- July 15th - Connie, Martha, Angie return back to SGE
- July 29th - July 31st - New Teacher Academy
- July 30th - Nurse Jae returns back to SGE
- July 31st - New Family Orientation Night
- August 1st - First contract day for certified staff
TESTING IS O-V-E-R (almost!)
Allison and Joan will continue with the final Aimsweb assessments for this week!
End-Of-Year Party Is Almost Here!
Date: Tuesday, May 28th
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Rhonda Munz's House
Please Update Next Year's Calendar!
Happy Birthday - June and July!
2 - Jody Heuschkel
9 - Terri Brown
23 - Kayla Sanders
24 - Pam Gilmore
July
5 - Suzanne Mastin
9 - Chris McNulty
20 - Deb Torrance
25 - Katie Delp
Additional Announcements & Reminders
Color Printer Reminder
- REMEMBER . . . PC1-Front Office = Color Printer
Please Join Our REMIND Group
- SGE (staff only) has an all-staff Remind text messaging group called: 18-19 SGE (all staff).
- To simply *receive-only* the text messages, please text the number 81010 and in your "message line" type in the code: @k29hfe.
- If you'd like to be able to text back and forth w/ me via REMIND, please download the app or create an online account.
- As a friendly reminder, please do not share this code with non-SGE staff members.
Leaving EARLY afterschool and you've gotten permission from Connie/Martha . . .
- If this is the case for you, please help us by always emailing the entire office team to let them know you've gotten permission and also leave your cell # in the email message, in case we need to contact you.
- Who is the "office team?" Connie, Martha, Angie, Jen, Jessica, Jae, Deputy Todd
***IMPORTANT LINKS***
Professional Development Requests
- If you would like to attend any type of professional development, please click here.
Technology Work Orders - Reminder from Dan Layton:
- Click here to access this link.
- It is always extremely helpful if you can submit actual technology work orders for any help you need. Please refrain from picking up the phone or emailing a question.
Above & Beyond Nomination Form
- On our ZCS website, any ZCS staff and/or community member can nominate the work of any ZCS employee that has done extraordinary work. If you've experienced professional support that is above & beyond, feel free to recognize them through this nomination! Please click here to nominate.
Marquis Work Orders:
Did your trash not get picked up? Does it seem the carpet didn't get vacuumed? Please help Angie & Jen out by filling out the Marquis work order on your own. Thanks!
1. Go to the Zionsville web site
2. Click on Teachers/Staff tab
3. Scroll down about halfway
4. Look for: Custodial Work Orders by Building
5. Click on Stonegate
Click here to access the Teachers/Staff tab
18-19 PTO Wish List - NEW GOOGLE FORM LINK!
- Click the NEW LINK HERE to access this Office 365 Form
Personal Business Leave Request - NEW GOOGLE FORM LINK!
- Please click the NEW LINK HERE to access this form and then don't forget to SAVE this page under your "favorites."
- Finally, as a friendly reminder of our ZCS Personal Business Leave + good information to know for our newest staff, I have copied/pasted the email about personal days sent by Becky Coffman on 5/8/16. This is per our CBA - Collective Bargaining Agreement
- A. Amount – Each employee shall be entitled to be absent from work three (3) days each school year for the transaction of personal business or the conduct of personal or civic affairs. Such leaves may be used in whole or half day increments. Requests for personal business leave should be made 48 hours in advance in writing to the building principal. In cases of emergency or other similar unforeseen circumstance, requests may be made orally to both the substitute coordinator and the building principal.
- B. Employees are discouraged from using personal business leave on staff development days or to extend a school vacation. If used on a staff development day then the employee remains totally responsible for securing the learning lost from their being absent during that activity.
- C. Accumulation – If an employee does not use all of the personal business leave in a given school year, the remaining personal business leave shall be accumulated for use in later school year, except that no more than a total of two (2) days may be accumulated from earlier school years for use as personal business leave, so that the maximum total personal business leave available in any one school year is three (3) days earned during the school year and up to two (2) days accumulated from earlier school years or a total of five (5) days.
- D. Conversion to Sick Leave – Any unused personal business leave not accumulated for use in later years as personal business leave shall be added to the employee’s accumulated sick leave.